In a moment the other end of the cord was wound several times round the pummel of the saddle, and the little horse set off at full speed to get ahead of the bull.

But the first rider had wheeled round, thrown his lazo upon the ground, and just as the bull stepped within the noose, whipped it up round his hind leg, and galloped off in a contrary direction.

Just as the first lazo tightened round his neck, the second jerked him by the leg, and the beast rolled helplessly over in the sand.

Then they got the lazos off, no easy matter when one isn't accustomed to it, and set him off again, catching him by hind legs or fore legs just as they pleased, and inevitably bringing him down, till the bull was tired out and no longer resisted.

Then they both lazo'd him over the horns, and galloped him out, amid the cheers of the spectators.